It is 1978, and the Soviet Union is at their most powerful and arguably, most brutal - under the iron fist of Leonid Brezhnev. This totalitarian also oversaw the policies of other Eastern Bloc nations. This story follows the story of an 18 year old man called Mikhail 'Mike' Novikov - an intelligent man who has, at his own risk, began to uncover the secrets of the West. Read along as Mike draws back the Iron Curtain, and is exposed to the supposed light of Capitalism.